What is Barometer?

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...